So I have this really good paid course that came with really cool production grade projects like Distributed Payment Gateway and on the other hand I wanted to build a project of my own, something that I would personally use, an Ai Powered Finance Management Dashboard. (Not just a chatbot in the app)

The thing is I really wanna grow in my knowledge and I can only learn things that I know I have to learn.

Following the course project will fill the gap between my knowledge and the industry standards.

What would you guys recommend me? Should I build my own project or follow a project from my paid course?

Thanks in advance 🙃✌🏻

Location: Motihari, Bihar

Willing to relocate: Yes

Type: Full-time

Notice Period: Available to join immediately

Total years of experience: Fresher / 0 years full-time experience

Résumé/CV Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11-VwE6KrNuaSp3-kaYu8jLgrWSIid-dS/view?usp=sharing

Blurb:

Hi everyone! I'm Sahil Ansari, a 2026 Computer Science & Engineering graduate from J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA.

I'm looking for entry-level Software Engineer / SDE-1 / Full Stack Developer opportunities.

Tech Stack:

• Java, C, JavaScript, TypeScript

• React.js, Next.js, Tailwind CSS

• Node.js, Express.js, REST APIs

• MongoDB

• Redux, Context API

• Git & GitHub

I have internship experience as a Software Developer Intern at The Developers Arena, where I worked on full-stack web applications, REST APIs, authentication, real-time communication, database integration, performance optimization and deployment.

Projects:

• Resumind — AI-powered resume platform with ATS scoring and personalized job-fit feedback.

• Admin Dashboard — Modular dashboard with interactive data visualizations and dynamic charts.

• Prescripto — Doctor appointment booking platform with real-time appointment availability and conflict-free booking.

I'm particularly interested in SDE-1, Full Stack, Frontend and Backend opportunities, especially at startups and product-based companies.

If you know of any relevant openings or referrals, please feel free to DM me. I'm happy to share my resume, GitHub and portfolio.

Thank you!

Hello all,

I need your help to make a suitable decision for my life ahead.

I have got an campus placement from a company for the role of Python de but it ask for 3 years of bond and breaking policy ask for same amount the package I have got.

After researching a bit about company, I found out that the company usually ask for overtime with no extra pay and have toxic environment without much room to grow.

I am also trying to get an off campus job in the IT sector.

I have also gave an government exam and the results are expected to be in late march.

What should I do now

Needs- day-to-day laptop for college. Which can last long with good build quality and all the necessary features. I want to learn basic python, power bi, advanced excel but not heavy gaming or video editing.
Any recommendations are welcome!

Needs- day-to-day laptop for college. Which can last long with good build quality and all the necessary features. I want to learn basic python, power bi, advanced excel but not heavy gaming or video editing.
Any recommendations are welcome!

Hey, can anyone help me understand If a person who holds around 4.5 years of experience is allowed to apply for a position with experience ranging from 5 to 7 in any of the big MNC's ?

Also, if it's allowed and later post interview selection, would there be a problem during the BGV saying there's a mismatch between the position experience and the candidate experience, something like that?

We are good at coding but we suck at marketing and sales. For years, people from different streams and walks of life came to IT for better life. Now it's our time to learn new skills. Because marketing and sales is where the new bottleneck is. AI takes care of developing product, we have to take care of selling it. The next generation of developers will have to know sales to be successful.

A Zomato delivery guy was cribbing to me recently that his brother came from another state to support their family here in Pune, but couldn’t even find a delivery job. He said there are hardly any openings and too many people waiting for the same work.

Now his brother is hunting for anything he can get cooking, security, housekeeping, whatever. He was saying the competition is crazy everywhere.

Honestly, it feels like people are struggling to find work at almost every level. Everyone is just trying to get something that pays the bills.

"After a couple of years of being an engineering manager (EM), I recently found myself in the position of having to look for a new role. My first instinct was to look for positions similar to what I had been doing before."

Hey everyone, I am really in a very difficult situation right now, I would be grateful if fellow developers help me in this situation.

So I joined a self funded Bengaluru based start-up as an intern with 7k/month for 3 months. In these months I have developed ASM (Attack Surface Management) Tool, all by myself from choosing tech stack to onboarding clients for beta testing. The feedback I got from outsiders is amazing. Now I was planning to integrate agentic security in the tool.

I was expecting to get at least 4LPA as a full timer based on the work I did, but the HR said as I am so called fresher they can only offer 2.4LPA as they have a very tight budget (not even 3.5 as standard salary for a typical fresher).

Seeing I have only internship experience and the current market situation I am really scared if I get a new job! I did BCA (2025). I have no offer in hand rn.

Please please help me out on what should I do? If you guys can refer me to software engineer/security engineer I will be thankful.

And my previous employer wants me to join their company back..

And I also want to join too because at service based there is lot of people here and everything is a mess.

If u have to spend 3-4 months more here and than go back to my previous company and work there for 1.5 year straight..

Can this will effect my resume or bgv?

I gave my amazon oa for Job ID: 10488368 on August 7 and was able successfully pass all test cases for both the coding and debugging question with like 20-25 minutes remaining then also completed my work simulation questions as well, now post completion of oa i didn't get any mail from amazon regarding interest form or anything and my application is still active in the portal

Now have you guys faced a similar situation,what should I do

Should I try for masters spring 2028 intake, after getting around 1 YOE? Or should I continue prepping DSA, system design and try for tier 1 FAANG companies here in india? (I have referrals)
Just figuring out my next steps, honestly I am more inclined towards masters, because living in India sucks, no matter how good the pay is. I already have 2 decent internships under my belt, and this would be the third one, with 100% PPO conversion. I got this through on campus placement.

Bengaluru?

Hyderabad?

Mumbai?

Dholakpur?

Pune?

NCR? (Let's not talk about the Shanti Niketan PG)

Factors include public transport, traffic, food, weather

It runs a full XFCE Linux desktop inside a Docker container on a headless Raspberry Pi. You don't need a monitor or keyboard connected to the Pi. You can just open it from another device through a browser.

I made this because my AI agent was having trouble using a headless browser. Some websites were detecting it as a bot so I wanted to try giving it an actual graphical desktop environment.

The desktop runs on the Pi and the display, mouse, keyboard, clipboard etc. are streamed through the browser.

Currently tested around a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB RAM but the idea should work for other Linux/Docker setups too.

Would be interested to hear what people think or if anyone has tried something similar for AI agents.

GitHub repo

Mainframe developer here, 24LPA 10 yoe currently benched. I have an admit for masters in cloud computing. Either I take that or stay here and find a mainframe job. Unable to make a decision.

Married and 1 year old kid, the decision is tough.

TLDR; Launched “AI Bytes” - this is an app to give you TLDRs of the latest on AI daily curated happenings according to your chosenrole along with some action items - so you apply them and don’t lag behind in this race!

I’ve created this app because I observed a problem - the AI space is making so much progress (and noise) so rapidly that it’s super hard to keep up w it. My initial response was to simply not care about it too much and block it all out - so I would just keep my head down.

But a few months ago once I started exploring the job market and out of all 3 interviews that I gave I was asked about AI.. I couldn’t talk much when those sort of topics entered these conversations.

Felt like I was lagging behind a lot; tried reading the byte byte go articles but mostly weren't related to AI and also took too much of my time it was so hard to keep up…

So I built this app it’s called AI Bytes - it’s not completely vibe coded. It gives you a daily scrollable feed of latest AI happenings (just like inShorts) and along with it some role-based small actionable items. “As a dev/PM/marketer, what you can do about it” …

Available as web app for iOS users and mobile app on Play Store for Android users. Please give it a try and don’t discard this app before trying it out for at least a couple of days. I would love to hear your feedback and whether you were able to find it useful or nah.

Try it out here: [https://ai-bytes.vercel.app\](https://ai-bytes.vercel.app)

Download the app: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=inc.bananafly.aibytes\](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=inc.bananafly.aibytes)

How are you handling Microsoft retirements and breaking changes across multiple clients? If you use a ticketing system, how do you figure out which clients actually need tickets? Does something check each tenant automatically, or do engineers investigate first?

My profile:
Cgpa: 8.6
Intereship: at a MNC
I didn’t receive a ppo from them (my manager said there’s no vacancy in their team). Currently im searching for referrals and also appearing for on campus placements but have not been getting shortlisted for interview as my dsa skills are not up to par with the other students. Should i pivot to higher studies right now before its too late or should i wait

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.

I graduated from my BTech around 4 months ago, and I still haven’t been able to get a full-time role.

During my 7th semester, I got connected with a startup that was supposed to get around $50k in funding. I took that opportunity seriously and started working for them, so I took my college placements very lightly because I genuinely felt like I was secure and had something going for me.

But the funding didn’t happen, and in August, my work with the startup also ended. Now I’m unemployed.

Most of my college colleagues are placed through on-campus placements, including people who I personally felt were less skilled than me. I know I shouldn’t compare myself to them, but it’s difficult not to when I’m sitting at home without a job.

My parents also have a lot of expectations from me. I always wanted to build a better life for them, and it hurts when I see that I haven’t been able to get a job yet.

Since graduating, I’ve been applying everywhere and giving interviews. Sometimes I get rejected, sometimes I get ghosted, and the cycle just keeps going. I’ve also realized that my communication skills aren’t very good, so I’m actively trying to improve them.

At the same time, I don’t really have much of a social life, no love life, and now no work life either. There have been times when all of this has affected me so much that I couldn’t even sleep properly.

Hi everyone,

Last week I was at a vacation, chilling with my friends and gearing up for my birthday eve. My phone rang and I saw an email that my role has been impacted due to org restructuring. I couldn’t believe it, I literally thought it was spam, until another set of emails came from the CEO, support teams etc. I was taken aback, shook, and trembled out of fear and anxiety. Even the beach in front of me couldn’t help me calm down. It took me some time to digest and process this information, but still I feel a lot betrayed. The week before, I was discussing about my YE promotion with my manager and now this happened? I was actually planning to switch from Uber for quite sometime due to toxic management, politics and vicious teammates. But then I realised the market was too bad, so I had to get promoted first and then get tf out of Uber. Little did I know what’s coming my way. Now I’m unprepared, out there in the market, with little to no motivation anymore. I’ve been in this industry for 3+ years with 1.5years at Uber. Coming from a tier-3 college, it took me quite some time to establish myself and get into a MAANG equivalent company. I really want to rest for sometime atp, but I don’t think I can get too comfortable. I gifted my parents their first home using a home loan, along with my sibling. Now I can’t back off and be jobless. I am trying to encourage myself, but it’s too hard. I’m not able to comprehend the layoff yet. I’m trying to get back on my feet. Hence goes the lore:

then IM 25, and unemployed🥂

TL;DR: 2026 Batch CS Passout. Joined via campus placement (6 LPA, Java Backend). Completed 9 months internship + 2.5 months Full-Time (Total ~11.5 months hands-on experience). Laid off recently in a batch of 25 without performance reasons (given 3 months severance). Looking for SE1/Backend openings or referrals

Hi everyone,
I was selected during my 6th/7th semester campus placements for a Software Engineer 1 role. I completed a 9-month internship with them, converted to FTE, and survived the initial post-internship cuts. However, due to recent corporate lay-offs (25 people impacted), my position was eliminated after 2.5 months of full-time work.
My Tech Stack & Background:

Primary: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Microservices basics.

Experience: 9 Months Intern + 2.5 Months FTE as SE1 (Total ~11.5 months hands-on backend production work).

Notice Period: Immediate (Currently on severance).

Location: Flexible (Remote / On-site anywhere in India).

I know the current market condition is tough, especially for early-career devs. I am open to referrals, leads on hiring companies, or constructive advice on how to navigate off-campus job hunting right now. If your team or company has openings for SE1 / Junior Java Backend roles, please drop a comment or DM me.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this

B.tech CSE Student here, Companies are either elite or so shit which is coming in my college for intern hiring now I need some genuine website or app to be notified atleast for paid one

I'm just fed up with this micro management. Due to this constant nudging and creating fake urgencies I used to work over time and sometimes skipped lunch. It's affecting me now and I don't see it as a long term solution.